“Ethical Markets Green Transition Scoreboard 2018 report: 2Capturing Carbon While Improving Human Nutrition and Health” makes many of the same points as this useful article at UTNE Reader . See also our TV program “Investing in Saltwater Agriculture : The Next Big Thing” with NASA Chief Scientist Bushnell … playing …
Horyou’s 5th Edition of SIGEF in Singapore to Foster Technology for Good and Further UN SDGs
The 5th edition of SIGEF, the Social Innovation and Global Ethics Forum, is set up in Singapore on 12-13 September, to coincide with the ASEAN 2018 Chairmanship. Organized by Horyou, the Social Network for Social Good, it will stage top-class debates on the social innovation challenges and trends of our …
UN Begins Talks on World’s First Treaty to Regulate High Seas
“Ethical Markets welcomes this focus on the world’s ocean and urges our own government to honor the original Law of the Sea! We also draw attention to the uses of sea water in growing many good foods to diversify the current global food supply with these salt-loving plants (halophytes, e.g. …
SDG Update – 6 September 2018
GUEST ARTICLES Business Engagement in SDGs Follow up and Review: Lessons Learned after Three HLPFs, Preparing for 2019 Pietro Bertazzi, Head of Sustainable Development, Global Reporting Initiative; and Charlotte Portier, Senior Coordinator, Sustainable Development, GRI The 2018 session of the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) reflected business’ …
SDG Update – 28 August 2018
GUEST ARTICLES Progress on National Forest Monitoring Systems for REDD+: A Win-win for Forests and Climate Action Julian Fox, Interim Team Leader National Forest Monitoring, Forestry Department, FAO Harnessing the potential for climate action (SDG 13) offered by forests through protection, restoration, and sustainable management (SDG 15) has been constrained …
August 2018 Policy Update
ASBC Sees Progress in CA Fight for Net Neutrality ASBC’s ongoing push for net neutrality saw exciting results in August. Notably, ASBC’s advocacy for SB 822 and SB 460 in California, which would restore protections akin to the 2015 FCC rule, has directly helped the bills make startling progress. Assembly …
Cultivating Profits in Organic Agriculture_GreenMoney July18
Joseph Jaramillo is an Isleta Pueblo farmer participating in the New Mexico Landrace (Heirloom) Corn Project. In 2017, NMLCP distributed 1200 lbs. of the pueblo’s blue corn seed to regional farmers following organic protocols. Read the full story Welcome to our annual Sustainable Agriculture Issue. Given the importance of this …
Bloomberg Businessweek “Tom Isn’t Chicken” Tyson invests Beyond Meat!
“Ethical Markets highly recommends this article in Bloomberg Business Week “Tom Isn’t Chicken”, about Tyson’s investing beyond raising chickens and marketing animal-meat foods to plant and cell-based proteins, by Amanda Little with Megan Durisin, which explores the future of human foods from alternative sources: grown from cells, as well as …
Circular Economy Innovations Green Biz
“Ethical Markets recommends this issue of GREEN BUZZ from our colleague, Joel Makower, at Green Biz, particularly the two articles on innovative companies in agriculture, Mercaris, and food, including the many now raising insects, mostly for animal and fish feed. These alternatives address the current fragile global food system, dependent …
Hacking the Climate Could Hijack Our Food Supply
“Ethical Markets is happy to see MOTHER JONES covering global food issues. We hope they go deeper and look at our Green Transition Scoreboard 2018: ”CAPTURING CO2 WHILE IMPROVING HUMAN NUTRITION & HEALTH“ (download at www.ethicalmarkets.com). This report covers all these emerging food issues beyond meat and freshwater-grown crops, to …